Incredible work to understand CO adaption by an highly unusual mechanism in one of our favourite anaerobes. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A megatransposon drives the adaptation of Thermoanaerobacter kivui to carbon monoxide - Nature CommunicationsCarbon monoxide (CO) present in syngas severely inhibits growth of many acetogens. Here, the authors adapt, characterize, and engineer utilization of CO as sole carbon and energy source by the thermop...www.nature.com